Pickens County Airport (South Carolina)

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Pickens County Airport
IATA: LQK – ICAO: KLQK – FAA: LQK
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Pickens County
Serves		Pickens, South Carolina
Elevation AMSL		1,013 ft / 309 m
Coordinates		34°48′36″N 082°42′10″W / 34.81, -82.70278
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
5/23	5,002	1,525	Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			40,100
Based aircraft			34
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Pickens County Airport (IATA: LQK, ICAO: KLQK, FAA LID: LQK) is a county-owned public-use airport located four miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Pickens, in Pickens County, South Carolina, United States.^[1]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Pickens County Airport covers an area of 270 acres (109 ha) and contains one runway designated 5/23 with a 5,002 x 100 ft. (1,525 x 30 m) asphalt pavement. For the 12-month period ending May 24, 2007, the airport had 40,100 aircraft operations, an average of 109 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 34 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 12% multi-engine, 3% helicopter, 6% ultralight.^[1]